Loyola buys up Video American DVDs

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Video Americain co-owner Barry Solan works at Video Americain, which is going out of business and selling off a stock of 60,000 DVDs. Loyola University Maryland faculty members have bought hundreds of titles, mostly criticlly acclaimed films, to use as teaching tools. A Loyola spokesman confirmed that a group of professors, led by film studies director and associate English professor Nicholas Miller, is using funds from their departments, their own money and alumni donations to buy DVDs.

Video Americain co-owner Barry Solan works at Video Americain, which is going out of business and selling off a stock of 60,000 DVDs. Loyola University Maryland faculty members have bought hundreds of titles, mostly criticlly acclaimed films, to use as teaching tools. A Loyola spokesman confirmed that a group of professors, led by film studies director and associate English professor Nicholas Miller, is using funds from their departments, their own money and alumni donations to buy DVDs.